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VEHICLE WHEEL. No. 310,779. Y Patented Jan. 13, 1885u if@ @ML/ZM IINrrnn JAMES H. BISSELL, OE ROCHESTER, OHIO.

VEHICLE-WH EEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,779, dated January 13r 1885.

Application iiled August 16, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. BrssnLL, of Rochester, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Wheels; and I do hereby declare the .following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the saine.

My invention relates to improvements in carriage-wheels, the object being to providea metallic hollow hub with iianges projecting outwardly' to embrace the spokes, and secured thereto with rivets, and inside shoulders on the respective parts of the hub to embrace the inner ends of the spokes, and provided with lugs to engage notches in the spokes and prevent them from turning in the hub. A further object is to provide a space between the outside flanges and the inside shoulders, where the spokes may expand laterally, to the end that the spokes are more firmly held in the hub. A further object is to provide a hub cheap in initial cost, and light, strong, and of graceful contour.

Vith these objects in view my invention consists in certain features of construction ,and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view in elevation of my improved hub, showing the spokes in position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the center of the hub. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the rear portion of the hub with the attached thimble-box. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the front portion of the hub.

A represents the rear outer portion of the hub that is integral with the sleeve B, that forms a thimble-box for the spindle of the axle. The part A curves outward, as shown, and terminates in the flange a, with an inner perpendicular face that abuts against the spokes. Around the partBis araised annular portion b, the front side of which forms a perpendicularshoulder in line with theinner face of the ange c. Lugs b are provided that engage corresponding notches in the spokes. rlhe part Gis similar in form to the corresponding part of the part A, and has an outside iiange, c, of the same diameter and form as the hangen. The part C has a sleeve, C',

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that fits over the part B, the end of which at c is enlarged, and is in line with the inner face of the flange c. The forward end of the part B is threaded to engage the band D, that extends outward some distance to cover the end of the axle-spindle and nut. The spokes E are set radially, in the usual manner, and come in contact with each other from a solid core from the part B to the outside of the flanges c and c. Grooves are made in the lower end of some of the spokes to engage the V-shaped lugs b. The part G is forced with great pressure against the spokes, and is secured by the band D and by rivets F, that pass through the flanges c and o, and through the spokes at alternate joints, so that each spoke engages the half-size of a rivet. The iianges c and c may be countersunk, and the rivet-head dressed off fiush with the flanges, or the rivets may have rounded ornamental heads outside ofthe anges. Vhen the spokes are compressed between the metal bearings, as aforesaid, the wood between the outside fianges and the internal shoulders expands, and the spokes are held more firmly than would be the case if the spokes received an equal pressure at all parts. The open spaces or chambers G and H between the external bands and the internal shoulders are therefore an essential feature in my improved hub. These hubs may be made at a small initial cost, are light and strong, and are exceedingly graceful in outline.

l. In a carriage-wheel, hollow metal hubs with the rear outer portion integral with the pipe or thimble-box for the axle-spindle, and the front outer portion integral with an inside thimble adapted to fit over the pipebox, and

Vthe front and rear portion provided, respectively, with outside flanges, and inside shoulders adapted to embrace the spokes, with intermediate vacant spaces or chambers between the outside and inside surfaces that engage the spokes, substantially as set forth.

2. In a carriage-wheel, a hollow metal hubl IOO c and integral with the sleeve G, adapted to I In testimony whereof I sign this specificait over the part B, and the inner end thereof tion,kin the presence of two Witnesses, this 29th perpendicular With the inner surface of the day of July7 1884.

flange @and theparts provided, respectively, JAMES H. BISSELL. 5 with vacant spaces or chambers between the Witnesses:

outer and inner surfaces that engage the (3H-As. I-I. DORER,

spokes7 substantially as set forth. ALBERT E. LYNCH. 

